Pate v. Dumbauld

On December 3, 1920, plaintiff filed in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, a petition, in which he alleged that on the ____ day of August, 1920, while engaged in his regular employment, he suffered a serious and painful accident, resulting in the breaking of the front or shin bone of one of his legs. It is alleged that defendant was a practicing physician at Webb City, Missouri, where plaintiff sustained said injury and resides; that defendant held himself out as having, and professed to have, that degree of knowledge and skill which is ordinarily used and exercised by those who…